Celtics will not play on Christmas for first time in 10 years (report)

With Jayson Tatum set to be sidelined all season with an achilles injury, the Celtics apparently aren’t set up for prime time this Christmas.

The team will not play on the holiday, according to a report from NBA Insider Shams Charania. It will mark the first time the team hasn’t played on Christmas Day since 2015.

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According to Charania, the league’s Christmas Day lineup is as follows:

Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks

San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder

Houston Rockets at LA Lakers

Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors

Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets

With Tatum sidelined, Al Horford’s future in question and Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday gone via trades, Boston is not set up to have the type of season it has become used to in recent years.

In its place, the only two Eastern Conference teams reportedly selected to play on the holiday are the Cavaliers and Knicks.

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